Saturday, January 14, 2012

Raavan


Jab payar ki
har ek
mehakti khusboo
ya garam hawa
aapne apne
thande sanso se
door kar di
toh kya likhen hum....

Jab payar ke
har taar
jo hamne
jorne chahe
aapne bedardi se
kaat diye
toh kya likhen hum....

Jab hum ne
aapki dehleez par
apne saalon saal
nechawar kar diye
aur phir aapke
pairon ki thokron
ke siva aapne
kuch na diya
toh kya likhen hum....

Jab apni izzat
ke duhayi bhi aapne
har kadam par
nazar andaz kardi
to kya likhen hum....

Jab har ek
andaaz aapne
bin soche hi
thukra diya
toh kya likhen hum....

Daku aur looteron ne
Ramayan zaroor likhi hogi
Raavan ko likhna aata hi nahi
toh kya likhen hum....

Note: Raavan was never a lovable character for most people... Even SRK called himself G-one in the film Ra-one for as long as he could...Another factual poem by MS Jaswal highlighting hopelessness of situations despite giving one's best.